World Fighting League tournament winners to receive Bellator contracts

Bellator’s continued search for European talent is taking the promotion to the Netherlands.

On Tuesday, Bellator announced that it will award contracts to the winner of the World Fighting League’s MMA lightweight tournament finale, as well as the winner of the Dutch promotion’s kickboxing “Final 8” grand prix.

The events take place Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 at Topsportcentrum in Almere, Netherlands. The “Final 8” kickboxing tournament is a one-night competition, with the winner needing to claim three victories. The MMA lightweight tournament finale already is set between Pieter Buist (13-4) and Soli Abdeselam Mohamed (4-3).